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J. WALLACE.

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Patented July 1'7, 1877.

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JACOB WALLAUH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN OVERALLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 193,s99, dated July 17, 1877; application filed May 28, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JACOB WALLAOH, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Overalls, of which the following is a specification:

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved overalls, and Fig. 2 a detail cross-section of one of the seams.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish for the use of working-men overalls of strong and durable construction, made with a view to sustain the strongest wear without ripping of seams and tearing of pockets; and the invention consists of a pair of overalls having flat seams, and exterior strengthening-stays running over the seams, and stitched at both sides of the same.

In the drawing, A represents a pair of overalls of any suitable size, cut, and material. The overalls are trimmed along the pockets with strengthening edge-lining of leather or other suitable material, and provided at the corners of the pockets with the usual leather or other stays, that prevent the tearing out of the pockets by use. The seams of the back and legs are sewed together, so as to form at the inside a flat seam, as shown in Fig. 2, the connected ends of the fabric being at the outside, and there covered by strengtheningstays B, of suitable width, that run over the entire length of the seams, and are stitched parallel to the fabric at both sides of the seams.

The exterior seam-covering stays B may be made of leather, canvas, or other material suitable for the purpose, they imparting a high degree of strength at the seams, and preventing the ripping or tearing open of the overalls along the seams so covered.

A better and more durable make of overalls is thereby produced, which resists in superior manner the wear and strain to which overalls 

